Do you love to write? Are you intrigued by the latest headlines? Do you soak up digital and social trends and have a creative mind? Are you passionate about creating content and working with a great team? We're looking for a creative, empowered, and enthusiastic producer who knows how to be a leader and is willing to learn how to create dynamic content for broadcast and digital worlds. KSN is looking for a producer who loves writing, and thrives on creative, collaborative work. Recent college grads with an enthusiasm for journalism and a drive to learn are asked to apply! Experienced producers will find our newsroom a place to continue to grow.
JOB SUMMARY: The producer delivers and contributes accurate, visual, news content across all media platforms
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for evaluating, writing, illustrating (through video, sound, graphics etc.), and organizing stories into broadcast and digital platforms.
- Oversees writing, production, and timing of broadcast, online or streaming publication.
- Manage broadcast and digital shows, contribute to the editorial process and make solid decisions in breaking news situations.
- Monitor and contribute to post-production and edit processes to ensure accurate completion of details.
- Write, produce and edit material that appeals to target audiences.
- Edit video for multiple platforms
- Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other information sources.
Specialized Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Must be able to interact well with all broadcast and digital journalists in the newsroom, including anchors, multi-media journalists, videographers, meteorologists, sports, news managers, production, and engineering staff.
- Detail oriented.
- Excellent verbal, written, grammar, and analytical skills.
- Fluency in English, bilingual Spanish a plus.
- Strong news judgment and journalistic integrity.
- Proficiency with newsroom, digital and streaming computer systems, editing, camera equipment, computers, telephones, and other office equipment; willingness to learn new systems or our specific media production, communication and dissemination techniques and methods.
- On-camera appearances possible.
Education/Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Communications, TV/film; may substitute equivalent experience in television or radio broadcast/production for those without degree.
Training/Equipment: Utilize state-of-the-art television and digital technology; MS Outlook, E-mail.
NOTE: This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.
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Please be aware candidates may be at risk of being targeted by scammers seeking personal data or money. Recruiters with Nexstar Media Group and its local stations will only contact you through official job boards, LinkedIn, or email with Nexstar.tv domain or official station email addresses (example:@wreg.com). Be cautious of any outreach claiming to be from Nexstar or its recruiters via any other messaging platforms or personal email addresses. We will not contact you using a @gmail email address. If you are unsure about the authenticity of a job inquiry or offer, email us at [email protected].
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Journalism, Communications, TV/Film or equivalent broadcast/production experience
- Ability to interact and collaborate with anchors, multimedia journalists, videographers, meteorologists, sports staff, managers, production and engineering
- Detail oriented
- Excellent verbal, written, grammar, and analytical skills
- Fluency in English
- Bilingual Spanish
- Strong news judgment and journalistic integrity
- Proficiency with newsroom, digital and streaming computer systems, editing tools, camera equipment, computers and telephones
- Willingness to learn new systems and media production methods
- Ability to write, produce and edit material for broadcast and digital platforms (including video editing)
What We Do
Nexstar Media Group is the largest TV station operator in the country. With the reach of 171 full power television stations in 100 markets addressing nearly 38.9% of US television households, and a diversified, growing digital media operation, Nexstar Media Group offers superior audience engagement across all media devices and local broadcast television’s unrivalled influence on consumers’ purchasing and political decisions. In 20 years, Nexstar has grown from a single station to the nation’s largest television company. This growth is fueled by an organization-wide commitment to delivering exceptional service to our communities and outstanding results for our advertisers. From the very beginning, Nexstar has cultivated an organization-wide commitment to providing superior, unique local content that is relevant to each of the communities it serves, while offering local businesses, advertisers and brands the ability to engage and connect with local communities.
